A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ¥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this ¥100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.

Then he said, “I am going to give this ¥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air.

“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air.

“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valua?ble lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth ¥ l00!”

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crum?pled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.

You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!

◆根据以上短文内容,然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1.Even though it was dirty, the money _______.

A. still went up in value

B. was worth nothing

C. didn’t go down in value

D. was still ours

2.We are always valuable to the people _______.

A. who pay us B. who call us

C. who hate us D. who love us

3.Your value doesn’t come from what you do but _______.

A. who you know B. who made you

C. who you remember D. who you are

4.The sentence “Hands went back into the air” means “_______”.

A. the students put up their hands again

B. the students put down their hands

C. the students put their hands behind their backs again

D. the students put their hands in front of them

5.Why did the famous teacher use a ¥100 bill at his lesson?

A. Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball.

B. Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.

C. Because he was going to give the bill to one of his students.

D. Because he wanted to make the students know what value was.

Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.

Country

Job

Time

Description

India

Teaching young children

One month

·Teaching music and dance

·Helping children learn how to communicate

Ghana

Health care work

Two months

·Seeing how doctors work in a less developed country

·Helping care for patients

Thailand

Saving elephants

Three weeks

·Cleaning elephants

·Helping train elephants

New Zealand

Teaching Chinese

Six weeks

·Helping adults learn Chinese

·Spreading Chinese culture

One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think of elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.

One center in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they are at the center, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the center. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon. They take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.

1.Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?

A. India. B. Ghana. C. Thailand.

2.Which job might be suitable for the students who love children and arts?

A. Teaching young children B. Health care work C. Saving elephants

3.What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph probably refer to?

A. The keepers. B. The doctors . C. The elephants.

4.What does the writer think of the unusual educational program?

A. It is amazing. B. It is boring. C. It is helpful.

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